Walter Marshal, 5th Earl of Pembroke

Walter Marshal, 5th Earl of Pembroke, (* 1196, † November 24, 1245 ) was the fourth son of William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke and Isabel de Clare, 4th Countess of Pembroke. In 1242 he succeeded his childless brother Gilbert Earl of Pembroke and Lord Marshal of England. In addition, he held the title of Lord of Striguil and Lord of Leinster.

Life

Inheritance

Walter was in 1196, the fourth son among ten children of William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke and Isabel de Clare, 4th Countess of Pembroke, was born. His mother was the only surviving legitimate child of Richard de Clare, 2nd Earl of Pembroke, and one of the richest heiresses in England when she married Walter's father. After William Marshals death in 1219, the earldom of Walters was issued three older brothers, William, Richard and Gilbert, who died childless all. The latter was killed in a tournament on June 27, 1241, when his horse shied and threw him, with his foot caught in the stirrup. Dragged from his horse, he died of his injuries. From an unknown lover Gilbert only had an illegitimate daughter, Isabel. Therefore, it was Walter the next Earl of Pembroke, but did not get his title before 1242. Gilbert had incurred the anger of King Henry III. for participating drawn at several tournaments. This the king had expressly forbidden on the grounds that he did not want his subjects killed each other in sports. Walter, who had attended the tournament with his brother Gilbert was killed, should pay for its recalcitrance. One year he had to wait to hold the earldom and the hereditary office of the Marshals must. In the same year he accompanied King Henry III. Gascony.

Marriage and death

On January 6, 1242 Walter Margaret de Quincy, Countess of Lincoln, the wealthy widow of John de Lacy, 2nd Earl of Lincoln, and married mother of two children. Margaret and Walter were no children; when he suddenly died on November 24, 1245 at Goodrich Castle, the county came to his younger brother, Anselm Marshal, 6th Earl of Pembroke, who died only a month later, also childless. Walters widow Margaret received after the death of her husband, a kind of dowry to the County of Pembroke, in such a large part of the extensive lands in Pembroke controlling.

Walter Marshall was buried at Tintern Abbey in Monmouthshire.